The Chamber Music Series: Smith/Diaz Play Piano Four Hands

May 7, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Anna Smith and Rodolfo Diaz join forces to present two movements from Petite Suite composed by Claude Debussy between 1886 and 1889. This suite for four hands was first performed in 1889 by the composer himself. Two movements of the suite will be presented in this concert: the first movement entitled “En Bateau” which depicts a sailing boat and the experience at sea and the fourth movement, “Ballet” which recalls dancing schools at work and includes a beautiful waltz.

Anna DeProspero-Smith is the lead instructor for Sterry Piano Company and is an appreciated performer in the southeast playing for events ranging from classical, contemporary, classic rock to the jazz/fusion genre. Relocating to St. Augustine from Gainesville, she has soloed improvisational works and played with a chamber trio at the St Augustine Festival of Music, a continuing festival she helped to implement and organize. She has built a teaching studio that has seen up to sixty students at a time.

Rodolfo Diaz, a native of Santiago, Cuba, was exiled to the United States in 1962. He was born into a musical family and his goal has been to share his experience and joy of music within the blessing of both teaching and learning. He has been an instructor of piano for over thirty years beginning in Puerto Rico and continuing in the states from Boston to Miami. He has co-orchestrated and arranged music as well as performed as a solo pianist and lecturer on subjects ranging from composing to ethno-musicology.